Lake Area Technical Institute Trade Programs

Located in Watertown, South Dakota, Lake Area Technical Institute is a public institution. Watertown is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

Where Is Lake Area Technical Institute?

Contact details for LATI are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1201 Arrow Avenue, Watertown, SD 57201-0730
Phone:	605-882-5284
Website:	www.lakeareatech.edu

Can I Afford LATI?

During the <nil> academic year, part-time students at LATI paid $124 per credit hour, whether they were in-state or out-of-state. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$3,720	$3,720
Fees	$2,998	$2,998
Books and Supplies	$1,560	$1,560

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At LATI, approximately 84% of students took out student loans averaging $6,263 a year. That adds up to $25,052 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at LATI is 2.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Lake Area Technical Institute Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,190 undergraduate students at LATI, with 1,511 being full-time and 679 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,511 full-time undergraduates at LATI, 59% are male and 41% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Lake Area Technical Institute students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	14
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	1,348
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	92

Over 6 countries are represented at LATI. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Paraguay, South Korea, and Bangladesh.

Online Learning at Lake Area Technical Institute

In 2020-2021, 958 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at LATI has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 2nd most popular in South Dakota for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of LATI

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Lake Area Technical Institute was 5,098.3%. This is the #23 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at LATI regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.